Just last night I was bemoaning to a friend what feels like to me my inability to lose weight, and indeed, how I can start exercising and gain two pounds. Bummer! Out of my mouth comes, “I don’t know how to lose weight!” assuming I’d get some sympathy. My friend quickly, too quickly, replied, “Yes
Responding to Simple, Brutal Fear My 4-year old daughter learned how to do a cart wheel by watching YouTube videos over and over again and practicing over and over again. She failed multiple times that day but no one mocked her. No one laughed and pointed at her and called her foolish for trying. By
Be Yourself, Your Best Self Imitation is Suicide. Insist on yourself; never imitate. – Ralph Waldo Emerson We love to imitate others. Karaoke proves it, as does the air guitar and Rock Band. We love to imitate, repeat after me, political commentators; much easier than taking the longer road and formulating our thoughts and responses
Jesus argued, Jesus went against the grain of the religious establishment, Jesus questioned the motives of spiritual greats of His day, Jesus drove people out of church with a whip He made Himself, Jesus called the Pharisees a brood of vipers, He said His family was not His family, He cursed a fig tree for
